Mandeville Retail & Hospitality Division

The Mandeville retail and hospitality division was founded in 1995 and has been recruiting for retail & hospitality management roles nationwide for over 13 years. With established retail and hospitality recruitment teams both in the North in Manchester and South in the Thames Valley, Mandeville provide a truly nationwide scope and recruit for some of the industries' top names.

Each Mandeville office houses a strong team of specialists in retail and hospitality recruitment, all following the same quality recruitment process. Together they provide quality retail & hospitality management staff for many renowned UK and international businesses.

Varied Sector Expertise

We have built up experience in multiple industries and sectors over the years, and have particular strengths in recruiting for:

Head office retail management Field retail sales professionals Leisure industry operations staff

Front of house hotel and restaurant positions Merchant Sales specialists

For retail and hospitality businesses across the following sectors:

• Leisure – with clients such as Alton Towers, Butlins
• Telecomms – for names like Vodafone, Orange and Carphone Warehouse
• Hotel/restaurant – our clients include Hilton Hotels, Q Hotels, Zizzi, Ask
• Food services – recruiting for Hotel Chocolat, Pret a Manger
• Trade – supporting clients like Plumbase, Jewsons, Travis Perkins
• Home and Furnishings – major clients include Dunelm, Homebase, IKEA,

Quality Recruitment for Retail Executives

Mandeville Retail and Hospitality Division source and select experienced candidates for hundreds of UK and multinational companies in roles such as:

Retail Management Hospitality Management Store Managers/ Branch Managers Restaurant Manager Area Managers Food and Beverage Managers Training and Talent Management General Managers Assistant Store Managers Event Co-ordinators/Managers Technical sales specialists Banqueting Managers Department Managers Head Chefs Buyers/Merchandisers Duty Managers Area Sales Managers Bar Manager

View a full list of all of our current retail positions
View a full list of all of our current hospitality positions

Specialists in Trade Retail

Mandeville recognises that retailing goes far beyond the high street and consumer sales.   That’s why it set up a unique team of recruitment consultants which support trade suppliers.  This highly specialist team recruits for salespeople and management staff within wholesalers, merchants, distributors and manufacturers.  It reflects the different approach needed to sell effectively in a trade environment and provide products and services to businesses.  

The clients we work with supply to businesses in many separate areas, including;

• Construction
• Whole Sale
• Heating and Plumbing
• Engineering
• Building Merchant  

Mandeville Retail & Hospitality recruits for many trade retail roles at varied levels of seniority, recruiting for the following roles for many well known trade names, including Jewson, Plumbbase, BSS, Homebase, and Travis Perkins, as well as many smaller independent wholesalers and manufacturers:  

• Branch Managers
• Unit managers
• Counter Assistants
• Area Sales Managers  
• Technical Sales Specialists
• Supervisors
• Sales Managers and Directors
• Account Managers  

Following the quality Mandeville process and approach, and adding specific trade expertise (many of our consultants come from a construction or trade environment), makes for unrivalled expertise and a bespoke and tailored service for our trade clients.  

See our clients and hear what they have to say

Contact our trade technical sales team

Our recipe for success

The secret of our success across retail is our commitment to simple successful recruitment – we conduct a rigorous screening process on behalf of all of our clients before even sending across candidate details. This gives you confidence that your interview time will not be wasted and gives us an average success rate at interview of 1 in 3.

We use our expertise in recruitment and work tirelessly to find you quality candidates with minimal fuss and interruption to your schedule. Job done!

This quality process makes a real difference to the recruitment process of our clients. View our client testimonials to see how we have revitalised the retail and hospitality recruitment for some of the UK’s leading companies.